Lateef Akinola Salako
Lateef Akinola Salako | |
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| Born | 5 July 1935 |
| Died | 8 December 2017 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
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| Years active | 1935–2017 |
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| Awards | NNOM CON DSc (Sheffield) |
Lateef Akinola Salako NNOM, CON (5 July 1935 – 8 December 2017) was a Nigerian academic who was professor emeritus of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Ibadan.
Early life
[edit]Lateef Akinola Salako was born on 5 July 1935 in Lagos State, south-western Nigeria. He attended Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos, where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate in 1953.[1] He trained at the University College Hospital, Ibadan before he proceeded to University of Sheffield where he received a doctorate degree in 1969.[2]
Career
[edit]He began his career in 1962, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan where he rose to the position of Senior Registrar in 1965, and in 1966, he became a Medical Research Training Fellow, University of Ibadan. He was a Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Sheffield for two years, between 1967 and 1969.[3] In 1969, he was appointed as Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan where he rose to the position of senior lecturer in 1970, and in 1973, he was appointed a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology.[4] In 1997, he was elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeed Professor Awele Maduemezia.[5]
Salako died on December 8, 2017, at the age of 82.[1]
Awards and honor
[edit]- Ogun State Distinguished Citizen Award, (1990)[citation needed]
- Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (1992)
- Commander of the Order of Niger (2004)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "When Sultan donned the gown". The Nation News. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Professor Lateef Akinola Salako". Musmen.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "SALAKO, Lateef Akinola, Professor". Notable Nigerian. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Alumni Association - University of Sheffiel". sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Members of Council". Nigerian Academy of Science. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "[General] Back 2 School for OBJ". Nigerian Village Square. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- 1935 births
- University of Ibadan alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Ibadan
- People from Lagos State
- Methodist Boys' High School alumni
- Nigerian pharmacologists
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield
- Recipients of the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award
- Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Science
- 2017 deaths